How to Use a Venn Diagram
Venn diagrams are diagrams with overlapping circles. They show the similarities and differences of particular concepts, objects or groups. Venn diagrams are relatively simple to learn how to use once you understand the core concepts involved. Since they are used in the media quite often, reading Venn diagrams is a very useful skill to possess. The process of learning how to read Venn diagrams takes about 10 to 15 minutes.
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Instructions
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Look at the Venn diagram. There will be at least two circles on it. Find the labels of each circle. For example, the labels might be "Cats" and "Animals in Africa."
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Understand the zones. In a two-circle Venn diagram, there will be three zones. These zones are the areas in which the circles do not overlap and the area in which the circles overlap.
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Know what the zones mean. In a Venn diagram, the zone of two overlapping circles represents the similarities of the two circles. In the above example with "Cats" and "Animals in Africa," the area in which they overlap would be "Cats in Africa."
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Learn how to read more complex Venn diagrams. For example, in a Venn diagram with three circles, there will be zones in which Circle A and Circle B overlap but Circle C does not. There will also be a zone in which all three overlap. For example, there might be three circles, labeled "Cats," "Animals in Africa" and "Endangered Species." Where "Animals in Africa" and "Endangered Species" overlap, "Endangered Species in Africa" would go. Where "Endangered Species" and "Cats" overlap, "Endangered Cats" would go.
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Assimilate the information. When you learn how to read Venn diagrams more quickly, you will be able to quickly assimilate the similarities and differences of several different concepts.
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